Carol H Tucker Passionate about knowledge management and organizational development, expert in loan servicing, virtual world denizen and community facilitator, and a DISNEY fan
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beladona Memorial Be warned:in this very rich environment where you can immerse yourself so completely, your emotions will become engaged -- and not everyone is cognizant of that. Among the many excellent features of SL, there is no auto-return on hearts, so be wary of where your's wanders...
I may have mentioned that I am a Star Trek fan and have been since the first episode aired back in 1966. In December 1968, an episode called The Empathaired. The episode itself was rather dull, but two snippets of dialog stuck in my mind:
McCoy: "Well, I don't know about you, but I'm going to call her Gem."
Spock: "Gem, Doctor?"
McCoy: "Well, that's better than Hey, you."
And at the end of the show
Scott: "From little what you've told me, I would say she was a pearl of great price."
A “pearl of great price” is a parable from the New Testament of the Bible Matthew 13:45-46. It is also one of the four books that make up the Standard Works of the Mormons. But to me, it has always meant an irreplaceable jewel that is beyond my ability to express its value.
In 1977, 3.5957% of the babies born were named Jennifer in the United States, a whopping 58,942 baby girls and 629 baby boys [wow, really?], including my daughter. Despite my admiration for Lady Jenny [Churchill’s mother] after reading her biography, “Jenny” was not something my daughter ever would answer to, not even when she was very young. The other variation of “Jeffie” was not even in consideration because it just didn’t FIT my cute little girl. The most common nickname was “Jen”, and when her four year old brother mangled it to “Gem”, I immediately thought of the lovely empath, and a family nickname was born. She doesn’t use it outside the family, but she will always be a pearl of great price to me….
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